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Ken Harper (Keller Williams Realty - Atlanta Metro East) Real Estate Agent

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Ken Harper
location_on Conyers, GA — Keller Williams Realty - Atlanta Metro East
Keller Williams Realty Inc.
Get to Know Ken Harper

I've almost done it all in real estate.  My father was a plumbing contractor, so I've been a part of the home building side of the business my entire life.  I started out my professional career as a Loan Officer back in '93.  I worked with a small broker for a short time to learn the business then moved on to work with Ryland Mortgage for two years.  In 1996, I started working as an on-site agent for Ryland Homes in Atlanta.  Over a ten year period I helped to open four communities in four different sub-markets around Atlanta.  In early 2000, I moved my family to Covington, where we remain today, to start a golf community on the east side of Atlanta.  By 2002, I was also selling homes in Conyers.  Feeling a little burned and wanting to broaden my knowledge base, I made a complete career switch in 2005 by joining Ryland's Land Acquisitions Team. After two intensive years researching the various sub-markets and analyzing dozens of potential communities I was ready for a big change.  

I started my own Real Estate Consulting company, Crosspointe Property Solutions, in 2007 with the goal of assisting small builders and developers during the slowdown.  By 2009, nearly all my clients were out of business.  The seeds of their destruction (and many more like them) were sown in the glory days of 2005-06 when they accumulated the land positions that would eventually ruin them.  I joined Keller Williams Realty in July 2009 and started helping my bank contacts dispose of all the unsold new homes my previous clients had left.  I haven't looked back.  I feel like I work for the best real estate company in the world.  I've begun assembling my Crosspointe Solutions Realty Team, and I can't wait to see what the next twenty years in this business brings me.

 

 

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I have a broad knowledge of the entire metro Atlanta market.  From my time spent analyzing land positions, I have the analytical tools to go into any market and become competent in a short period of time.  My greatest expertise is working new construction communities.  I also take great pride in working with first-time buyers.  I get a thrill every time a watch the attorney hand over the keys to a young couple.  It is one of my stated missions in this business to enrich lives by helping others achieve home ownership, and nothing speaks to that more than first-time buyers.  I am growing my listing business at this time, and I work with some rental property investors.

My passion at this time is assisting individual investors in securing excellent land positions, specifically vacant developed lots.  Atlanta is a prime market for asset appreciation by investing in lots.  Bank positions in land are untenable, and hedge funds are targeting this market in a big way.  I am using my talents to identify A+ locations in B+ markets ripe for buy-and-hold investments with a 5-7 year turnaround. 

My primary real estate coverage areas are Rockdale and Newton counties (Covington, Conyers) with some work in Walton and Henry counties (McDonough, Stockbridge, Loganville, Monroe).  My land investment opportunities cover the entire metro Atlanta area.